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Agile project management: Principles, benefits, tools, tips, and when to make the switch

CIO

Agile project management definition Agile project management is a methodology used primarily in software development that favors flexibility and collaboration, incorporating customer feedback throughout the project life cycle.

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Software project management challenges — and how to handle them

CIO

“Agile software development projects iterate the cycle of plan, do, check, adjust — and the end user or representative sponsoring [the project] is key in all these stages,” says Ola Chowning, a partner with global technology research and advisory firm ISG.

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Advanced Guide to Lead Meetings That Get Results and People Want to Attend

Let's Grow Leaders

Effective leaders hold meetings that get results and people want to attend. Horrible meetings are a cliché of the business world and with good reason. Too many meetings are a waste of time and don’t accomplish anything. If the meeting happens online, people multitask (or wish they could). Turn Meetings into Results.

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7 signs business stakeholders will sink your IT project

CIO

IT projects fail at alarming rates — nearly 70% of them , according to project management tool provider TeamStage. Common factors of project failure are missed deadlines, blown budgets, or deliverables that fail to meet original objectives. CIOs and project managers understand these risks.

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Big Data Project Management: What’s In & What’s Out?

CTOvision

Answering the following type of question should therefore be simplified: “How will the big data project contribute to the existing program’s success in terms of customer growth, customer satisfaction, profitability, or cost-reduction?”. Some of these questions will inevitably be political in nature.

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Buildots raises $30M to put eyes on construction sites

TechCrunch

While construction processes would seem similar to manufacturing processes, building to the design or specs didn’t happen often due to different rules and reliance on numerous entities to get their jobs done first, he said. Project managers can then make better decisions to speed up construction. “It

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Simple sabotage for software

Erik Bernhardsson

Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision. Technology When joining, require a 6-18 months rewrite of core systems. Split systems along arbitrary boundaries: maximize the number of systems involved in any feature. Blame the previous CTO.